The 19-year-old victim claimed she had been attending a party at a home on Sedgewick Avenue in Stratford with her boyfriend when she became tired and went to an upstairs bedroom to sleep, police said. Before she fell asleep, she texted her boyfriend to wake her up later.

Police said the woman told them she awoke a short time later in the dark bedroom to find a man on top of her. The woman said she assumed the man was her boyfriend and then began engaging in sex with him for about 15 minutes, according to police. When they finished, the man turned the light on and the victim realized in fact it was not her boyfriend, police said.

Police said the woman told them she didn't discern any difference between her boyfriend's physique and that of the defendant, although she did wonder why he smelled like cigarette smoke. Police said the woman went back to the party and told her boyfriend what happened. Springer was later arrested at his home.